# The Elf Who Lost His Hand in a Tragic Toy Factory Accident **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511 "2019-12-07T15:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/1 "2019-12-07T15:02:34Z")
A Christmas Miracle [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cinypEf1xxQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Elf Who Lost His Hand in a Tragic Toy Factory Accident (Holiday Special)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cinypEf1xxQ) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/2 "2019-12-07T15:23:20Z")
Excellent! What’s next? _The Chocolate Easter Rabbit Who Lost His Ears To A Suburban Mom_? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/3 "2019-12-07T16:05:36Z")
Notice that the doll bears an uncanny resemblance to Lucy in _ **Peanuts** _? I wonder if that’s Schroeder on the piano… :dubious: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/4 "2019-12-07T20:15:00Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Excellent! > > What’s next? _The Chocolate Easter Rabbit Who Lost His Ears To A Suburban Mom_? I don’t know why we have to keep going over this. It was the DOG. The dog ate your bunny. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/5 "2019-12-07T20:45:03Z")
I like the three little homages to other Christmas specials at the beginning, and it was overall hilarious but for some reason after “The End”, the drawings are flipped and the elf is now missing his LEFT hand. A second tragedy? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/6 "2019-12-07T21:10:57Z")
[John Lennon](https://www.oocities.org/baby-lemonade/surprise.html)did it better. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/7 "2019-12-07T21:51:55Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > What’s next? _The Chocolate Easter Rabbit Who Lost His Ears To A Suburban Mom_? More likely, _The Story of the Easter Chipmunk_ (which was an excuse Sally made one year - I’d try to find a link, but the strip is King Features, where it’s hard to get a strip more than a year old unless you’re a paying customer). ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/8 "2019-12-08T14:30:13Z")
Slight points off for the Wilhelm scream and “Lego_s_”, but I enjoyed that a lot. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/9 "2019-12-08T14:36:36Z")
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/10 "2019-12-08T14:35:12Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I like the three little homages to other Christmas specials at the beginning, and it was overall hilarious but for some reason after “The End”, the drawings are flipped and the elf is now missing his LEFT hand. A second tragedy? Did you catch the “Shawshank Redemption” reference? What is the third homage? I got the Charlie Brown tree and the Frosty hat but I’m drawing a blank on the third one. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/11 "2019-12-08T16:51:55Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Did you catch the “Shawshank Redemption” reference? Yep, and I laughed at how Blitzen looked drunk. > [@](#): > > What is the third homage? I got the Charlie Brown tree and the Frosty hat but I’m drawing a blank on the third one. That thing that looks like an toy airplane with eyes is a resident of the [Island of Misfit Toys](http://www.halfassedproductions.com/articles/120105/4toys.jpg) from the Rankin/Bass _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ special. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/12 "2019-12-08T16:57:46Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Yep, and I laughed at how Blitzen looked drunk. > > That thing that looks like an toy airplane with eyes is a resident of the [Island of Misfit Toys](http://www.halfassedproductions.com/articles/120105/4toys.jpg) from the Rankin/Bass _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ special. Thanks for responding and digging up the pic; you’ve single-handedly saved Christmas!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/13 "2019-12-08T19:48:20Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I don’t know why we have to keep going over this. It was the DOG. The dog ate your bunny. 😉 … And the dingo ate your baby! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/14 "2019-12-08T19:58:56Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I like the three little homages to other Christmas specials at the beginning, and it was overall hilarious but for some reason after “The End”, the drawings are flipped and the elf is now missing his LEFT hand. A second tragedy? I think so. And the other elves are all pissed off at him because he was stupid enough to have done it twice. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/15 "2019-12-08T20:00:45Z")
Them elfs is selfish! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elf-who-lost-his-hand-in-a-tragic-toy-factory-accident/844511/16 "2019-12-08T22:02:55Z")
Elvish vascular systems must be very different from ours.